People v. Henderson

Defendant Alex Stamp Henderson was convicted by a Recorder’s Court jury of carrying a concealed weapon in a motor vehicle, MCLA 750.227; MSA 28.424. He was sentenced to a term of 2-1/2 to 5 years in prison. His appeal is of right.

Defendant was riding in an automobile driven by John Rucker, on May 19, .1971, at approximately 8:15 p.m. in the City of Detroit. The car was stopped by uniformed police officers, John King and Gary Budd, for making excessive noise (a bad muffler). Rucker got out of the car. He could produce neither his operator’s license nor registration for the vehicle. Officer…